Re: [rfc]pwm: add BCM2835 PWM driver

[Stephen Warren <swarren@wwwdotorg.org>]

On 04/08/2014 05:02 PM, Tim Kryger wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 6:44 AM, Bart Tanghe <bart.tanghe@thomasmore.be> wrote:
>> need some recommendation
>> the memory mapped io registers of the bcm2835 pwm hardware are spreaded
>> over the memory mapped io
>> gpio config 0x20200004 - clk config 0x201010A0 - pwm configuration 0x2020C000
>> to handle this, I've used the base address of the memory mapped io
>> so I can use positive offsets
> 
> So the registers for this PWM are located in three distinct memory regions?
...
>> +struct bcm2835_pwm_chip {
>> +       struct pwm_chip chip;
>> +       struct device *dev;
>> +       int channel;
>> +       void __iomem *mmio;
> 
> One pointer isn't going to be enough.  You need three.
> 
> I suggest renaming the first and adding two more:
> 
> void __iomem *base_pwm;
> void __iomem *base_clk;
> void __iomem *base_alt;

Sorry, I forgot about this patch. One comment here; the PWM driver can't
touch the clock or alt registers; those should be owned by the clock
driver, and the driver for whatever alt is (pinmux - don't recall what
it's touching there).